http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/forum/index Museum of Hoaxes Message Board en alexmoh@nethere.com Copyright 2005 2005-08-04T04:18:17-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/ive_installed_a_new_forum/ Check it out here. And feel free to start posting there (instead of here).

The new forum has a few disadvantages. For instance, non-members can't post any topics or comments in it. So it's a members-only forum. This wasn't by my design. It's just how the software is designed, and I can't figure out any workaround.

Also, current post tallies won't migrate over to the new forum. Even if you've posted 3000 messages in this forum, the new forum won't think you've posted any messages. You'll be starting back at 0. I can't figure out any way to change this.

Plus, I can't move any threads from this forum into the new forum. So it's a completely fresh start.

But you won't need to register again. If you signed up as a member in this forum, you're already a member of the new forum. (but avatars won't migrate over... you'll need to upload your avatar again).

However, here are the advantages of the new forum:

1) it puts much less of a strain on the server.
2) it has a 'fast reply' option, which should be popular.
3) it allows members to create polls.
4) it allows members to upload pictures, avatars, etc.
5) it allows me to create lots of different forums focused on different categories (like hoaxes, jokes, off-topic chit chat, etc.)
6) it has spellcheck.
And there's more stuff I can't think of.

Basically, it's a real forum, unlike this forum which is actually blogging software that I reconfigured to act as a forum.

So unless people have major problems with the new forum, in a few days I'll stop letting people create new threads in this forum. However, I'll keep all existing threads in this forum open.

I think I've ironed most of the bugs out of the new forum, so it should be ready for everyone to use (fingers crossed). If not, then we'll find that out.]]> 2005-08-02T20:13:07-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/dust_off/ computer)killed a kid? is it true?]]> 2005-08-04T04:18:17-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/woman_mames_kills_boyfriend_because_he_sold_her_laptop/ reported Washington DC woman came home to discover her boyfriend had sold her laptop for drugs so:

She beat him unconscious with her fists.
She poured black pepper and hot sauce onto him.
She poured bleach on him and shaving cream.
She sprayed insecticide into his face.
She placed a hot iron on his lower stomach.
She beat him on his head with a skillet.

This was on Total Fark and a few other sites. Though funny, it smells like a hoax to me. Then again, I know how some people are with their laptops!
See link above for original story.]]> 2005-08-03T14:49:10-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/how_to_make_your_own_ufo_hoax/ UFO hoax page 1.

Frankly, from seeing how they made the UFO I had to wonder how it would have fooled anyone, but when I went to page 2, I realised that those pics really aren't any better or worse than the average one you see on the UFO homepages. ]]> 2005-08-02T19:28:24-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/more_batmans_boners/ Seduction of the Innocents. It's another page with a bunch more I hadn't seen. ]]> 2005-08-02T16:11:28-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/evildream_orb/ Photos-Videos



This is the photo in full
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/orbphoto/orsfull.jpg

This is the orb close up
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/orbphoto/orb.jpg

This is the orb really close up
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/orbphoto/orbcloseup.jpg]]> 2005-08-02T14:11:23-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/the_visions_of_1917_ftima_the_virgin_mary_the_mother_of_god/ Religion
This woman said that they shouldn’t be afraid and that she wouldn’t harm them.

Lucia asked her:

- Where are you from?

- “My place is in heaven.”

- Why did you come to this world?

- “ I have come here to tell you to come here every month for six months and at the end of six months I will tell you what I want.”

- Can you tell me if the war will last longer or will end soon?

A strange question from an illiterate ten-year old girl who probably had no idea of the existence of the First World War.

- “I cannot tell you before I tell you what I want.”

I asked her if I was going to heaven and she said:

- “Yes, you are.”

- And my cousin Jacinta?

- “She will go too.”

- And my cousin Francisco?

- “That one will still have to pray his beads.”

After that she flew into the sky above.

The other two heard the questions and the answers but did not ask questions.

You can check the whole story here]]> 2005-08-02T12:34:30-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/funny_ad/ It's an ad for Carton Draught beer who are famous for their ads promoting the product as being 'made from beer'. They take the piss out of the mainstream beer ads to make their point. This is their latest offering
http://www.bigad.com.au/
Enjoy with a nice coldie! ]]> 2005-07-30T11:32:51-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/avatar_study/ Psychology this buried deep in one of Sir Stephen's threads, posted by Myst (Terribly sorry, Myst! Couldn't resist) I thought it was so interesting that it deserved its own thread. here's an excerpt taken from the article:

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narcissistic - themes of power, status, perfection, grandiosity; draws for admiration and praise; feelings of being "special" and "privileged"

schizoid - themes of interpersonal detachment and indifference, perhaps combined with evidence of abstract or intellectual thinking; little evidence of warmth and tenderness; the "loner" themes

paranoid - distrust, isolation, hypervigilance, blaming or finding fault with others; cold, humorless, argumentative characteristics

depressive - gloom, darkness, loss, low self-esteeem

manic - energtic, grandiose, impulsive

masochistic - self-destructive, themes revolving around the "bad self" or "woe is me"

obsessive/compulsive - seriouis, formal; themes of control and perfection; shows evidence of a concern about details and rules

psychopathic - antisocial, violates rules; little evidence of shame or guilt; takes advantage of others; possible superficial friendliness or charm

histrionic - attention-seeking and seductive in flavor, dramatic, emotional, vain; themes involving dependency

schizotypal - themes of being aloof, indifferent; evidence of magical thinking or superstitious beliefs; peculiar characteristics

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With my Angel of Binary avatar, I guess fit into the schizotypal or depressive catagories, but I didn't mean it to be that way. Very confusing. What do you think?

]]> 2005-07-30T05:12:07-08:00 http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/notting_hill_tube_station_sign/ supposedly up at the Notting Hill tube station in London.

I would post the picture, but unfortunately, this isn't my computer and I
can't download stuff on it, and therefore I can't download the program I
need to log into my university web space, etc etc etc. The point is, I have
it in my email, so if anyone wants to post it themselves, let me know and I
will email it to you.

Since I can't post the picture, I'm just going to try to describe it.

It's a sign which looks exactly like the handwritten signs put up in the
tube stations when there are last minute changes to lines being down,
delays, etc. However, what this one says is a bit strange:

"Date 26 July 2005
Time All Day
Notice to All Passengers
Please do not run on the platforms or concourses.
Especially if you are carrying a rucksack, wearing a big coat or look a bit
foreign.
This notice is for your own safety.
Thank you."

I would believe it's real, except for the part about looking a bit foreign.
That seems like an odd thing to officially write on a notice.

It is obviously a response to the shooting of that brazilian kid by the met,
but what I'm curious about is this:

Was it an official sign created by the tube station to warn passengers?
Was it a sign that was up that an unauthorized person merely erased and
wrote their own message on?
Is it just a doctored photo?

I was going to go down to the Notting Hill tube station to see if it was
there, but with so many lines down around that area, it would have been a
pain to get there and I would have had to switch lines a few times.

I haven't seen the sign in any other stations, though I have been riding the
tube quite a bit.

If anyone wants me to send the picture to them, let me know and you can post
it.]]> 2005-07-28T19:51:25-08:00